Aberdeen to Carlisle

[Lefty]

anyone driven it recently? any roadworks that ought to be avoided?

i used to drive up and down to sellafield and it would take about 5 hours on a good day, carlisle must be, what, 4 hours?

[7SS]

Lefty said:

anyone driven it recently? any roadworks that ought to be avoided?

i used to drive up and down to sellafield and it would take about 5 hours on a good day, carlisle must be, what, 4 hours?

Swmbo does it regularly. 4 hours is realistic enough. She doesn't bother but if it's me driving then I go via Edinburgh to avoid the M80 roadworks between Stirling & Glasgow.

[Lefty]

Thanks

[istoo]

as above, drove up last month. Its slow around glasgow I have started going Edinburgh/Moffat now as my prefered route.

Oh and if you going form home and taking the R32 may i suggest going over glenshee to Perth, its a hoot of a road.

[psaero]

Came back that way just over a week ago...always puts a smile on your face.

Only problem was a 40 year old Landrover towing a horse trailer with way too much weight in it and a couple of cars following it which had no intention of overtaking.

[JohnS]

I drove down that way and back at the weekend. The only roadworks to note are those near Glasgow on the M80 which will be a real pain at rush hour. I went through them at 8am on the Saturday and 2am on the Monday and never got held up, but was stuck for 45 minutes a few months back on a Thursday evening.

[fluffnik]

7SS said:

Lefty said:

anyone driven it recently? any roadworks that ought to be avoided?

i used to drive up and down to sellafield and it would take about 5 hours on a good day, carlisle must be, what, 4 hours?

Swmbo does it regularly. 4 hours is realistic enough. She doesn't bother but if it's me driving then I go via Edinburgh to avoid the M80 roadworks between Stirling & Glasgow.

...and take the A701 to Moffat.

[Lefty]

istoo said:

as above, drove up last month. Its slow around glasgow I have started going Edinburgh/Moffat now as my prefered route.

Oh and if you going form home and taking the R32 may i suggest going over glenshee to Perth, its a hoot of a road.

Nope, picking up Mrs Leftys new Forester - 2.5XT.

Have driven the Glenshee road a few times, it's a belter! Got to get down and back by 7pm or so because we're going out at night. Long day.